The band members of Groovy Afternoon include critically acclaimed rock vocalist and screen actor, Christine Mascott, guitarist Paul Mascott whose performance credits include international touring productions of The Who’s Tommy and Jesus Christ Superstar,  keyboardist Ed Broms from the Grammy Nominated Blue Man Group, bassist Tracy Ferrie from the Grammy Nominated rock band Stryper and drummer Andrew Ianniello, a founding member of the iconic Cape band 57 Heavy.

Paul Mascott has tourned internationally with many theatrical productions as a guitarist and musical director.  He is also a well credited session musician and audio engineer. The Mascotts have played together previoiusly with an original rock group, The Drop Band out of New York City.  The Drop Band received international radio play for their 4 LPs and also licensed some of their music to MTV and NBC.  Also an actor, Christine has appeared in the feature films, Surrogates and The Invention of Lying.

Bassist Tracy Ferrie is a long time veteran of both the road and the studio with an extensive list of recordings and tours to his credit. He is most widely known as a member of the band Stryper.  Tracy has journeyed the globe, playing in twenty five countries, and performing on domestic and international television shows.

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Critically acclaimed rock vocalist, Christine Mascott has spent the last 20 years working in many different aspects of the entertainment industry.  She was a featured performer with The Drop Band, offering her signature sounds to the band's own brand of psychedelic rock. Her vocals have received international radio play and she has sung in various venues in New York, New England and beyond and also worked as a session vocalist in New York and MA on various recording projects. The Drop Band's music was also licensed to several MTV shows and the NBC tv show, Ed.

Christine is also an active member of Just Plain Folks, the largest independent music organization in the world, and has served as the group's local chapter coordinator for both New York City and the Southeastern MA areas. She is also a Voting Member of NARAS (The Grammys) and is co-owner of the independent Record Label, Syberdelix Records, along with her husband and Groovy Afternoon bandmate Paul Mascott.

Christine is also a professional actor having appeared on stages across the US and most recently has small roles in the feature films, Surrogates, starring Bruce Willis and The Invention of Lying with Ricky Gervais and Jennifer Garner.

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Paul Mascott has been performing, composing, teaching, producing, and engineering music professionally for over two decades. He has performed throughout North America and Europe playing guitar with national and international Broadway show tours, including productions of The Who's Tommy, Jesus Christ Superstar, Evita, and Cats (on Broadway).

In 1997, Paul founded The Drop Band as the house band for his original theatre production, Drop, that ran in NYC until 1998. The Drop Band released 4 critically acclaimed commercial CDs (Dropout 1999; The Rain Falls Now 2000; Prophets 2001; There's Only Sound 2002). The Drop Band¹s music has been spun on commercial, college, and internet radio stations worldwide. and the music has been licensed to television and film including 5 MTV shows and the NBC TV show Ed.

In his time in New York City, Paul worked as a session guitarist, audio engineer, and music producer and his work is included on countless commercial recordings. His recording and promotion experience led to the creation and development of his record label, Syberdelix Records, and his BMI publishing company, Masco Music, handling production, promotion and intellectual property management for a number of artists.

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Bassist Bassist Tracy Ferrie is a long time veteran of both the road and the studio with an extensive list of recordings and tours to his credit. He is most widely known as a member of the band Stryper but his credits precede and stylistically exceed his experiences there. Many other artists have taken advantage of Tracy’s solid steady support on bass including such notable acts as Plumb, Sonic Flood, Rebecca St. James, Michael Sweet, Kimberly Locke (AI), Danielle Bollinger, Kristy Starling, Greg Long (Avalon), April McLean, Jeff Deyo, Guardian, and Whitecross.

During his time in L A, Nashville, and Boston, Tracy’s session experiences allowed him the opportunity to work along side some of the worlds most notable musicians including drummer Kenny Arnoff, pedal steel legend John Hughley, guitarists Phil Keagy and Paul Moak, keyboardist Steve Hornbeak (Faith Hill), and producer Jay Joyce. Having achieved a good balance of studio precision mixed with a live attitude, Tracy earned the EMG 25th Anniversary Players Award and a spot on the commemorative CD next to Robert Trujillo (Ozzy). In addition he has played and written for several Dove and Grammy winning artists/recordings.

Tracy grew up in N. Indiana exploring many instruments before deciding to study bass at Berklee College of Music. At Berklee he was soon in great demand for session work sparking further his desire to pursue a career as a professional musician. Tracy eventually headed west to LA enrolling at the Musicians Institute and quickly got involved in recording sessions, playing the "Sunset Strip" circuit, and performing in videos, some of which were featured on Music Television. One of the bands, Electrik, became his first touring act across the south west.  Tracy was asked by producer Dez Dickerson (Prince) to audition for the christian rock band Whitecross. Although, Tracy ended up performing for a different band from the same label named Seraiah, after relocating to Nashville he eventually did join Whitecross for two recordings and world tours.

Since these initial experiences, Tracy has journeyed the globe, playing in twenty five countries, and performing on domestic and international television shows. His recording credits for various movie and TV soundtracks include, A View from the Top, Felicity and Tarzan. One of his most memorable live experiences was playing for Pope John Paul II with Rebecca St. James in 2000.  Currently Tracy is working as a session player, teaching guitar/ bass and regularly playing live for various bands/artists. His versatile style is a culmination of tastes and experiences that range from blues, funk, r&b, rock, punk to light jazz, gospel and country.

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Ed Broms, dubbed a true ‘Renaissance Man’ by The Boston Globe, has been a mainstay of the Boston and NYC music scenes for the past 25 years.  He is currently the Music Director, Organist, and Choir Director at the Cathedral Church of St. Paul where he leads an eclectic program of world sacred music. He can be heard every Sunday morning from 730-800AM on WCRB 99.5 Waltham, as part of Sunday Morning at the Cathedral, one of the country’s longest running radio programs.

He is also Artist-in-Residence at Eastern Nazarene College, where he is a featured performer in the Musica Eclectica series.

He was a musician with Grammy-Nominated Blue Man Group from 1998-2005.

A multi-instrumentalist, he performs on electric and acoustic bass, voice, Hammond organ, pipe organ, piano, keyboards, guitar, and percussion. In February of 2008 he completed a concert series encompassing the complete works of John Coltrane, including over 400 jazz compositions.

He has performed and recorded with an extensive list of leading rock, jazz, classical and world-music musicians, including musicians as diverse as Chuck Berry and John Zorn.

He leads several of his own ensembles including The Broms Organ Trio (jazz), BROMS (rock), Rooster (blues), and Michael’s Daughter (celtic).

In 2005 he founded and The Order of the Artists (multimedia) which in turn led to founding the world music group Nagbansi (ACM Records) featuring Nandlal Nayak of India and DJ Fraction of Paris, France. 

In 2008 he co-founded Savage Amusements, a collaboration with dancer Deanna Pellecchia.

He is active as a composer and concert organist with recent recitals at Harvard, Trinity Church, Copley, Wesley United Methodist Church, and King’s Chapel.

His debut Pipe Organ CD of his own Organ Symphony #1 “Ainulindale” and the accompanying score are set to be released this fall on the Zimbel label and imprint.

Active as an author, he has written an Introduction to the Piano (a piano-class text) and Encyclopedia of Polyrhythm. He is currently working on a philosophical treatise entitled “The Book of the Artist”.

He is active as an educator and has presented clinics and workshops at numerous universities and churches. He was most recently a presenter for the American Guild of Organists Region I and II regional convention, 2009, in Boston, MA.

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Andrew Ianniello has been a fixture in the Cape Cod music scene for 20 years playing with several groups during that time including The Pellons, PigNut, The Average Mammals, regionally with The George Gritzbach Blues Band, as a founding member of the iconic 57 Heavy and most recently Old Dog Moon. In 1996 The Pellons released a 45 Vinyl single (for people who don't remember, that was before CD's) entitled Blind Hurrah which Andrew performed drums on and sang background vocals.

In addition to the Cape Cod scene Andrew has performed on stages in Boston, Providence, NYC and Atlanta. He was bit by the music bug after managing the band, Destiny, in his younger years in New York.